it's 9pm and my friend has had 311 calories

give her a box of little debbies and make her eat the whole thing.....lol. but really...she needs to eat.

Eating like that screams Anorexia!

that is soooooo bad

I know this is a serious topic, but I just snickered out loud:

doe snot

I make thousands of typos so I'm not calling it out or anything, I just found it funny.




OK, back to serious-ness: What she's doing shows the beginning stages of anorexia....

If she is your friend, then perhaps its time to have a good ol' fashioned heart to heart with her. She may or may not listen and she may not like what she is hearing, but ya know, it's not that she is 'retarded'...she may just not realize what damage she is doing. Perhaps talking to her and airing your concerns with HER may help her to see this.

Hell, years ago I thought the key to losing weight was to restrict my calories down to nothing....so I too was a 'fool'...but I too learned by my mistake as I am sure your friend will with supportive suggestions on how she can increase her calorie intake while still lose or maintain her weight.

What Catzwitch said. Doe snot. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Also, your friend needs to stop starving herself.

Starving yourself will not help you lose weight! Your metabolism will slow down and your body will cling onto the calories it has. Then once you start eating normal again, you will gain weight faster because your metabolism will be so slow and your body will cling onto every calorie and store it as fat. It's way better to eat healthy nutritious food and at least 1300 calories a day. You can lose weight and still eat food this is not healthy!!

anyone want to weigh in on why she's retarded ??

Somebody who eats that few calories is not retarded, however there are a few other names that apply.
1. Ignorant: they have never heard that you must eat to survive
2. Delusional: I agree, people need to eat, but not me. This goes hand in hand with another phrase: I won't develop an eating disorder.
3. Anorexic: I think a pencil is very healthy!!!
4. Suicidal: As she continues this lifestyle, her organs will begin shutting down to conserve energy.

That's... bad.

Is she thin now? Does she think that starving herself will make her thin?

You and your friend need to have a heart to heart, for sure.

I recently read that anything less than 900 cal in a day will put your body into "starvation mode." Meaning that your metabolism slows to a crawl and your body will store any calories it doesn't have to use as fat. Weight loss in the beginning is a given, but if you go back to eating normal amounts of food your metabolism wont keep up & you gain weight rapidly. Just like every diet I have ever tried! Sometimes when you get really busy or stressed you forget to eat?? maybe your friend has a better plan & just got distracted?? Good luck

did she tell you this? = seeking attention

did you discover this? = seek attention

if its the latter, you'll beat yourself up if she destroys herself & you didn't lay it on the line....

Hungry =/= healthy - hunger is your body telling you that you NEED more. Admittedly it can be hard for some people to distinguish between true hunger, the physiological need, and fake hunger, the psychological desire, but if she has had 311 calories today and she's more than 18 inches tall, it's REAL hunger and her body needs REAL calories to fuel it's REAL vital processes. Your body is a marvel of biological engineering - but even a marvelous car can't run the Indy 500 without any gas in the tank.

I think you were totally clear. "It's 9pm and my friend has had 311 calories"

Wow, calm down. If her friend had guzzled a 6 pack of beer and jumped behind the wheel of her car, we'd all be calling her an idiot. What her friend is doing is just as reckless (even if the danger is only to herself). Would you really mind your own business if a friend wanted to drive drunk? Would you really take a meager stance and not call her out? Personally, that's not the type of person I would call a friend. A true friend, in my opinion, slaps me in the face when I'm being an idiot and tries to get me to see reason. Or maybe I just prefer friends who would actually say something if I got too close to the edge of the cliff?

That said, you can only do so much. You can try talking to her about the dangers of eating so little and whatnot. Keep in mind that she has taken classes and she has obviously learned nothing from them. And since you're no expert, she may not listen to anything you have to say. If she's the type who has to be right and likes to have the final word, you could always ask for proof that she's right. In her search to prove you wrong, she might (stress the word, might) realize that she's taking a dangerous path.

After that, you will just have to let her go the path and fall on her face. You can't always save your friends from their own decisions, but you can be there to help them pick up the pieces.

it was 311 she had eaten in a day - not 311 left for the day. i should've been clearer

You expressed yourself clear enough, for me and MOST of the other people who took the TIME to READ and COMPREHEND!